Total pages in book: 102
Estimated words: 103413 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 517(@200wpm)___ 414(@250wpm)___ 345(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 103413 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 517(@200wpm)___ 414(@250wpm)___ 345(@300wpm)
She let the blanket of his protection fall around her shoulders and it steadied her.
As he walked her into his office, though, she could feel two sets of eyes burning into her back.
She just knew that things were going to change.
And maybe not for the better.
2
“It makes me fucking furious.”
Liam raised his eyebrows at his husband’s words as he followed him into the third-floor guest bedroom. Like all the rooms in this mansion, it was huge and richly appointed. He set down the luggage they’d retrieved from their rental car. They’d only planned on staying last night in New Orleans but thankfully, they always packed extra clothing.
Nico was a coiled spring of energy as he paced back and forth, stripping as he moved. Liam leaned against the wall, watching him.
“Did you see her? Aren’t they taking care of her? She looks worse than the last time we saw her!” Nico raged. By now, he was naked and still pacing.
Fuck. He was beautiful.
Liam knew he didn’t deserve Nico. But damned if he would ever let him go.
Nico was his..
“She’s pale. Too thin. Obviously not sleeping. She needs help. And they’re not giving it to her. I know what you’re going to say, Liam!” Nico held up his hand to him.
Liam very much doubted that.
“That she’s not for us. That we can’t have a third. And especially not someone as delicate as Lottie. But I can’t keep walking away from her. I can’t do it, Liam. We can take care of her. She needs us.”
Liam frowned. He wasn’t sure he knew how to be what she needed. Nico, yes. He’d coddle and look after her. Coax her into eating and sleeping.
Liam didn’t have it in him to coax and coddle. He was more of a bark and order sort of guy. But he knew he could keep her safe.
“And don’t feed me any bullshit about not being interested in her, I know you are. She should be ours, Liam!”
“I agree,” he said quietly.
“I know you don’t agree,” Nico stated, obviously not listening to him. “I know you think that you’re too rough for her. Too cold. Too dark. But that’s just stupid!”
“Stupid, huh?”
“Yes, stupid! You’re a good man, Liam. Sure, you’ve done some questionable things in the past, but she’s hardly going to shy away at that. Not with who her brothers are. She’s perfect for us. And before you argue that she’s not—”
“I’m not arguing that at all.”
“You saw the way she looked at both of us. She was eating us up with her eyes. Yeah, she’s got issues, but that just means we’ll have to go slow and gently. I want her, Liam.”
Nico faced him, arms over his chest. He was trying to hide his nerves, but Liam could see it in the tense way he held himself.
“Well? I know you want her too. I’ve seen the way you watch her.”
He decided to tease Nico a little. It was his punishment for not listening. “Maybe I just think she’s fuckable.”
Nico narrowed his gaze. “That’s not it. Beautiful women throw themselves at you and you don’t even notice them. You want her. I know you do.”
“I do.”
“And I think we should . . . wait, what? You do?”
“I do.”
“But you think we should still keep our distance because she’s so fragile?” Nico asked, looking confused.
“No. I don’t think we should do that anymore.”
Nico’s mouth opened and shut. “You always said that she wasn’t for us.”
Liam frowned. “I didn’t think she was. But you’re right. Every time I’m around her, all I see is her. I figured my attraction to her would wane over time, but it’s only gotten stronger. I didn’t want the complication of her in my life, yet I think about her constantly. I’d hoped she would get better with time. But she’s not.”
“So, we’re going to step in?” Nico asked, staring at him in amazement. He started moving toward him.
“Yes.”
“Fuck, I love you.” Nico dropped to his knees in front of him, and opened up his pants, tugging them down.
He took Liam’s dick in his mouth.
Fuck. So good.
“If I’d known that would get me a blow job, I’d have agreed earlier.”
Nico drew back. “Shut up. You know you can get a blow job anytime you want.”
His husband loved giving head. Liam ran his fingers through Nico’s hair, his mind drifting to Lottie.
Somehow, she’d dug her way in under his shields. Reaching him in places only Nico had ever managed to get to. He hadn’t wanted it. Had fought it. Had known that nothing about her would be easy.
But then, nothing worth having was easy.
She was meant to be their third. He could feel it.
If only he wasn’t fucking terrified of breaking her.
Nico took his dick deep. He’d thought that her brothers would take care of her. But every time he saw her, she looked worse.